Welcome to the GBP Blog

This is the Blog associated with our main website TheGreenBicycleProject.org

The GBP has merged with Damn Good Bikes LLC. Please visit the new blog for more recent updates.

We are the GBP. Our mission is to keep bikes on the road and thus keep cars off. We call this “Bikecycling”; that’s recycling, but for bikes. The concept is simple. Take a bike that’s no longer wanted, broken, or even bound for a landfill and apply a bit of knowhow and a lot of elbow grease and you get a bike that can last someone for years. These bikecycled bikes are sold at a price that covers only our costs in repairing them so as to provide bicycles at the lowest cost possible. All of our bikes are repaired and tuned by a mechanic so that from the moment you pick them up they are ready to hit the road. Take a look below for our current project bikes and completed rides.

Location:
We are located in the US Storage facility at Capital Circle NE and Mahan Rd. While have moved into our new store, we are in the same complex. To get there follow the road through the complex, around the 90 degree bend and make the first left (at the tree). We'll be the first store front on your right. Sound complex? The best way to find us is to follow the bikes!

Buying our bikes:
Please visit our main website at thegreenbicycleproject.org for information about buying our bikes. You may also email us at Thegreenbicycleproject@gmail.com.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

New Stuff Roundup!

It's been a busy week. We have some nice shiny new merch in the shop as well as some other stuff. We finally got our shipment of bike locks! These are OnGaurd "Double Team" U-locks that have a pick resistant center locking mechanism and are constructed to resist everything short of the jaws of life. They also some with a secondary cable to lock up your expensive wheels!
Also in the shipment are a few new bike jerseys (in men's large!). These will all hit the floor in time for Saturday.

We also got in a few new bikes. We lost count around 40 but I'd estimate north of 50 bikes in the lot. Before you get too excited, many of these bikes will never hit the "showroom" as they are too beat up to be repaired. However, we've so far pulled a GT MTB and a Haro MTB that should see light late this Saturday or at opening next week. No pricing yet, sorry.

Also over the last several days I've been in and out of the shop prepping for the influx of bikes. I've gone through the back stock and pulled several frames that might be of interest. Now on display are a pair of Trek MTB frames as well as 3 RB frames. There are at least 2 more in back waiting for a little tlc before they hit the floor. All of the frames are priced at or below $100 with the majority at or below $60.

There are also several new (or just finished) high end bikes that I've added to the floor. There's a GT Outpost Trail that's got a $175 price on it and a Trek Police Bike with a $600 tag. Both are used but in good condition. The best bike bar none on the floor now is a BRAND SPANKING NEW Gary Fisher Marlin priced at $450 (retail is just south of $800). This bike is on consignment which means I don't have pricing power (so don't ask).

Other than that we have a good assortment of bikes priced from $30 as well as lots of used merch. and brand new merch. If you're looking for a bike or something for your bike, make sure to stop in. We might just have it and we might just save you a bundle.

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